When Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s campus closed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Scripps scientist and Marine Vertebrate Collection curator Phil Hastings grabbed specimens of ...

Anglins Fishing Pier in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea has been open since 1941, and many consider it to be a town staple. However, it has been only partially open for fishing and sightseeing since Hurricane ...

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A fanged coral reef fish that disables its rivals by delivering a dose of heroin-like venom could one day cure your pain, researchers say. Researchers have found the fast-acting venom of the fang ...

An article published in the journal Animal Biology indicates that parental care improves embryos' development in the river blenny. The article is signed by experts Dolors Vinyoles, Noëlle Fabre and ...

A group of Pacific leaping blennies out of the water on the foreshores of the island Guam (Dr Terry Ord) “Like a fish out of water” is an expression that does not apply to the blenny – species of ...

The fang blenny fish’s two-inch body is not very intimidating to predators, and its pair of teeth give it the look of a braces-wearing teenager. But those canines pack a chemical punch, helping the ...

Meiacanthus atrodorsalis—a pretty little fish with a venomous bite. Photo by Klaus Stiefel via Flickr "Did you tell her the one about George Losey and the blenny?" Rich Pyle asked with a knowing smirk ...

This 4-inch long, skinny fish has a huge smile on its face, and looks totally harmless. It swims in open water above the reef and wiggles back and forth like an earthworm crawls, and it is one of the ...

Small fish want to be them. Predators fear them. At first glance, you'd be forgiven for dismissing the tiny fang blenny as an easy meal ticket. However while these plankton feeders and aquarium ...

A tropical fish has gone to new levels to escape its predators and quite literally climbed out of the water. Blenny fish in the Cook Islands are in the process of colonising land and are using their ...